Lost

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. Past tense and past participle of lose.
  • adj. Unable to find one's way: a lost child.
  • adj. No longer in the possession, care, or control of someone or something: a lost pen.
  • adj. No longer in existence; vanished or spent: lost youth.
  • adj. No longer known or practiced: a lost art.
  • adj. Beyond reach, communication, or influence: The expedition was lost to the world for two months.
  • adj. Not used to one's benefit or advantage: a lost opportunity.
  • adj. Having not been or unlikely to be won; unsuccessful: a lost battle; a lost cause.
  • adj. Beyond recovery or redemption; fallen or destroyed: a lost soul.
  • adj. Completely involved or absorbed; rapt: lost in thought.
  • adj. Bewildered or confused: I'm lost—can you start over?
  • idiom. be lost on To have no effect or influence on: Her advice was lost on me.
  • idiom. be lost on To be beyond the comprehension of: The lecture was lost on us.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of lose.
  • adj. Unable to find one's way; unavailable, with location unknown.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing.
  • adj. Parted with; no longer held or possessed
  • adj. Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered
  • adj. Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed
  • adj. Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope
  • adj. Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible
  • adj. Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible
  • adj. Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as to be insensible of external things.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See lose.
  • Parted with unwillingly or by misadventure; not to be found; no longer held or possessed; no longer kept in knowledge or remembrance: as, a lost book; a lost limb; a lost fortune.
  • Not won or gained; missed: as, a lost prize; a lost chance.
  • Not employed or enjoyed; not effectually or profitably used; misspent; wasted: as, a lost day; a lost opportunity.
  • Ruined; destroyed; consumed or wasted away, whether physically or morally: as, lost health; lost honor.
  • Spiritually ruined; abandoned morally; in theology, finally shut out from salvation or eternal life; damned: as, a lost soul.
  • Bewildered; absent-minded; absorbed: as, he looked about in a lost way.
  • Synonyms Missing.
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  • Shattered; overthrown; downfallen; depraved, abandoned, reprobate, profligate, incorrigible, shameless.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not gained or won
  • adj. no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
  • adj. unable to function; without help
  • n. people who are destined to die soon
  • adj. incapable of being recovered or regained
  • adj. having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
  • adj. spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed
  • adj. deeply absorbed in thought
  • adj. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
  • adj. not caught with the senses or the mind
  • Equivalent
    forfeited    forfeit    confiscate    squandered    missing    mislaid    wasted    straying    misplaced    gone   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    people   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    missing    wasted    squandered    bewildered    perplexed    alienated    insensible    forfeit    unredeemed    astray   
    Verb Stem
    lose   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aust    Frost    accost    cost    crossed    defrost    embossed    exhaust    frost    glossed   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    saved    mine    gone    always    added    made    written    ready    cake    sauce